Me: "I fear this chapter is far too long."
My dissertation chair: "Actually, I think it could probably be longer."
Me: 😳😳😳
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![Dialogue bos from the video game Disco Elysium, reading:
Kim Kitsuragi - The lieutenant raises a brow. "*Hjelmdall* isn't a real place."
Bird's Nest Roy - "Neither is the Man a real man, of course, but both the Man and Hjelmdall are an ontological necessity..." He stops abruptly. "But hey, it's not worth getting into an argument about."
Rhetoric [Medium: Success] - Wow, what?
You - "What did you mean the Man from Hjelmdall was real?"
Bird's Nest Roy - "I mean - even if the Man from Hjelmdall didn't exist before the adventure novels, the stories have made it so that he has. It's simple really."
Kim Kitsuragi - "Okay..." He sounds incredulous.
Bird's Nest Roy - "You sound skeptical. It's not that complicated. All that's required is a more robust understanding of cause and effect."
"Besides, I've been to Karla, though not..."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n6qtqyzp3bgqjy6al5lr4l5r/bafkreicdf7sd7yyf3ffzyjnpb5pgbngpjxyhm6ew6opjoo7gdomxkizldu)
